Seeking the Greater Blessings of the Temple :)

Hey Family!!

This week has been awesome!! We have been working a lot with Carlos and Kyndra, and they are the bomb! I love them.  Monday we got a text from Carlos. It said, "Do you guys ever feel drawn to the temple here in Redlands?"

Ummm, Can you get better than this!! We explained to him that we definitely felt drawn there and there is a very special spirit at the temple that should make us desire to go there. We had a lesson with him and Kyndra later that night and talked about the Plan of Salvation and eternal families. We taught in the Bishop's home and talked a lot about the temple. It was awesome because Kyndra brought up how she really wants to renew their vows through our church! We got to tell her that when her and Carlos go to the temple it will be for much more than a vow renewal-- they will get to be sealed for time and all eternity! We taught them a few other times this week, but that was definitely

the highlight.

Carlos' baptism came and went. I realized it's the first convert baptism I have been to. The spirit there really was something! Everything went smoothly and that was a huge blessing!

Funny story and then I will be done. (short emails don’t happen very often, but don’t you worry. I still love you all ;) )

So when we were getting baptismal suits this week we were not sure what size brother Himle was. We got two different ones for him plus one for Carlos, just to be safe. When we talked to him about it he decided that he would just wear his temple pants so that he didn’t have to worry about the fit. That was fine and all worked well. After the baptism we went to return the suits and had only used one of them. We told the mad that we had only used the one and that the other two were still clean. He looked at us and got a very disappointed look on his face and simply said, "Oh, No!" We were a little confused but then realized what he must be thinking. We assured him that all baptisms had gone as planned and that all was well. It was pretty funny though.

I love you all and I hope that you have a great week. Remember the blessings of the Gospel and cling to them!

Love,

Sister Hope

This picture is Brother Himle, Sister Gillespie, Me and Carlos right before the baptism. Carlos has come so far! It is so exciting to peer into the future that Heavenly Father has waiting for him 

This picture is Brother Himle, Sister Gillespie, Me and Carlos right before the baptism. Carlos has come so far! It is so exciting to peer into the future that Heavenly Father has waiting for him :)